MossRoad
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I have room. Will have more by fall, hopefully.
New PT-180 owner
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I have room. Will have more by fall, hopefully.
larrydman
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On that subject, how many of you to your own tire removal? I found out a trick that works really well to get the tire off the rim....
take it to a tire shop.
My brother who lives next door has a commercial tire changer, but I have so much trouble getting these tires to take air and set the bead that I still take it to a tire shop. Anybody got any good tricks for that?
ponytug
Super Member
Personally, I found that a little bit of bead sealant/lubricant makes a huge difference. I used to use Murphys oil soap. After that, it is figuring out how to jiggle the sidewall to get the bead to catch on the rim. I know pros who use a cheetah but it is pricey...
But I prefer your solution.
All the best, Peter
But I prefer your solution.
All the best, Peter
On that subject, how many of you to your own tire removal? I found out a trick that works really well to get the tire off the rim....
take it to a tire shop.
My brother who lives next door has a commercial tire changer, but I have so much trouble getting these tires to take air and set the bead that I still take it to a tire shop. Anybody got any good tricks for that?
cqaigy2
Super Member
I use a ratcheting strap around the tire to get the rim to seal.
MossRoad
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Me too. Someone on TBN told me about it a loooooong time ago, and I've done it ever since. Worlds great!
I have used a cheetah before. I worked at a rent to own company that did wheels and tires and we used the cheetah to launch lug nuts through the bathroom door when a guy was in there. Typically if I needed to seat a bead I would stand the wheel up with the unseated portion facing up and lower the fingerlift (with vehicle on it) down to squeeze the tire and push the sidewalls out. Then with the pressure on the wheel you add air and the bead would usually seat. It was faster than the cheetah. However, any type of lube will work to help the bead seat. We only worked with low pro tires so sometimes the lube wasn't enough. (Think 24"+ wheel with a 20 sidewall)
m5040
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I found it harder to do the small tires/wheels then car size and up. At a tractor engine show I bough a antique machine like the one Moss shown and it works great. To save space I bolted to a slab of concrete and use the forklift attachment to bring it inside when I need it.
ponytug
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larrydman
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Dang, I'd never even heard of a cheetah before. Looked at it online. I see a real Cheetah costs $400, but I see knock-offs on EBay for mid 50's. Are they any good or an accident waiting to happen. Like M5040 says, I never have trouble with car or truck tires that a ratchet strap won't fix, but these little tractor tires give me fits. My buddies growing up used to have an inflatable tube that would fit around the tire to compress the bead and that always worked pretty well, but I haven't seen one of those in years.
ponytug
Super Member
I would go for whatever works for you. Ratchet strap, jiggling, cheetah, rubber bead seaters, pneumatic bead seaters, they all kinda work. Anytime that I see a dozen solutions for a problem, I think that all of the solutions are about as effective. The only one that I wouldn’t recommend is butane/propane. (YouTube it. Definite Darwin Award material in my opinion, but YMMV...)
All the best,
Peter
All the best,
Peter